I have a late 90s yard machine. It has the 14.5 ohv and I attempted a pulley swap on the main pulley and tried to remove the governor. I have managed to make it go faster, but the brakes stopped working. Me and my boy work on this together and we decided to put it back to the stock pulley setup until we can build something that functions better.
I?m on a tight budget and don?t know wether to purchase a different engine and build it up and convert it to RAGB, new axles, chain driven, new steering and pedals.
The other option is build up the 14.5 engine in the mower now, and try to run a smaller pulley on the transaxle and upgrade brakes, steering, and all the other mods one does as things break. I would like to make a monster of a drag mower that handles like a racing mower. I don?t have a class, just like working on it with my son and it is good for going all out because mistakes won?t be in the thousands like Diesel engines. Any advice or conversation is welcome and appreciated.